Washing-machine.



W. M. JOHNSTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ooT.I3. 1911.

1,053.60?. Patented Feb.18,1913.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED owls. 1911.

1,053,607. Patented Feb. 18, 1918.

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WINFRED'M. JOHNSTON, OF DALE, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 13, 1911.

Patented 11`eb.'18,1 913.

Serial No, 654,459.

To all 'whom it may concern.' p

Be it known that I, VINFRED M. Jol-1Ne- 'roN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Dale, county of ments in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsI in washing machines and more specifically to a machine designed especially for use in the `washing of tumblers, such as beer glasses .and the like.

The object of my invention is the production of a machine of the `character mentioned through the medium of which tumblers or glasses may he thoroughly washed and sterilized with great etliciency and expedition.

A further objectis the production of a machine as mentioned which will be of durable and economical construction, one which will be automatic in its operation, and one which will be of high efliciency' in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the combination's'and arrangements of parts all `as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal i section of a Washing machine embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of one of the carrier baskets ineluded in the construction, showing a fragment of the conveyer to which the same is secured, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the machine, Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical trans lverse sections taken on substantially lines -w and y-z/ respectively of Fig. 1,A and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail, the section being taken on substantially line z-z of Fig. 1,

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a body 1 which is of substantially rectangular form and formed preferably of'sheet'metal. The

body 1 is mountedu on a suitable base 2, the same bein of suc, a heightt-hat the upper side, wlucl` constitutes @counter may 'be readily. reached bybne in standing position-4 5 The interior' ofthe .body l .divi,fled by transversely" extendili'gv `partitions 3 into compartments 4, 5 and 6, said partitions bcing preferably filled wlth a snltable insulation or non-heat conducting material so that the heat from one compartment, when the Outagamle, and State.of llsconsnn have inventedcertam new and useful 'Improvei device is in operation will not be conducted to the next. The compartments 4 and 6 are provided with olienings as shown in the end walls of the body 1, the upper ends of the partitions 3 being cut away to establish communication between the compartments' 4 and 5, and 5 and 6, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

Traveling over the top of t-he body l and through the respective openings of the sev- -eral compartments is an endless flexible conpreferably at equal distances apart thereon are reticulate baskets 13 adapt-ed for the carriage of the tumblers, glasses, or other articles which it is desired to wash. The baskets 13 are loosely secured to the conveyor by means of flexible links or straps 14 which engagewith the cross bars 8 as clearly 'shown in Fig. 2. Eachof the baskets 13 is provided with a hinged cover 15 for gaining access to the interior thereof, the cover being normally securedrin closing position by ymeans of a suitable lock or clasp 15. Upon travel of the conveyer, the baskets 13 will evidently be successively carried into the compartments 4, 5 and 6, the loose connection of the links 14 with said conveyer permitting ofthe baskets passing in close proximity with the bottoms of the various compartments during travel therethrough for a purpose which will be hereinafter set forth. In order to affordl clearance for the baskets in their passage the sprocket wheels 11 and 12 are preferably mounted upon short stud shafts, the sprocket wheels 9 and 10 being mounted upon shafts 9 and 9 which extend transversely of thebody 1 the entire Width' thereof. The baskets are so spaced relative to the spacing of the compertinents .4,l 5 and 6 that three Successive baskets will always be .positioned irjl Said compartments simultaneously, the remaining? two baskets, when the othersv are thus posi-` tioned, being positioned upon `the upper side or counter of the body 1 for emptying or filling as the case may be. Provided at each of the partitions 3 is an inclined guide plate 3 disposed so as to serve to guide the baskets in their passage from one compartment to the next. At the extremities of the bod)v 1 are provided tubular guides 16 and 1G which serve respectively Itoguide the baskets in their travel from the counter of the bodyl to the compartment 4 and from the compartment '6 to the counter of said body. The, lower extremity of the guide passage 16, and the upper extremity of the guide passage 16 Vare normally closed by spring held closure members 17 the openings intermediate the compartments 4, 5 and-6 being normally elo-sed by similar spring held hinged closure members 13. Said closures 17 and 18 are somounfed as to be adapted to swing in such a direction as to permit of the passage ofthe carrier baskets 13'/7 as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the same being adapted, after passage of said baskets to automatically move to closing position.

Water is supplied to the ycompartments 4 and 5 by a Water supply pipe'19, cocks20 being arranged in said pipe to regulate the How of water therethrough to said compartments. Drain pipes 21 extend from the "bottoms of the compartments 4 and 5, the

passage through said pipes being controlled by cocks 22. Arranged under the compartments 4 and 5 'are suitable hydrocarbon burners 23 which are in -communication as shown with/a fuel supply tank 24. rranged in the bottom of the compartment- 24 is an agitator 25 which is mounted to reciprocate between guides 26, said agitator b eing adapted when the device is in operation to effect the thorough agitation of the water contained inf the 'compartment 4 so that the articles contained in the carrier basket placed in sald compartment will be thoroughly washed. f

Formed in the upper end of the compartment 6 is an ice receptacle 28,- access thereto being gained through a door 29'which is provided in one side of the member 28. Communicating with t-he bottom of the cham'- ber 28 is a drain pipe '30 which connects as shown with the drain pipes 21 of the compartments 4 and 5. The provision of the ice receptacle 28 in the upper end of the compartment'ti evidefrtly affords means for effecting'a thorough cooling of said compartment when thefdevice is in operation so that the glasses or tumblers containedin the baskets passing vfrom-the compartment 5 will be cooledl in t-he compartment 6 before the same are returned to the counter of. the bodyl for use.

In the operation of the 'washer Chet-um.- bjlers, (or l'glasses .or4 other""artoles tOjLbe positioned upon the counter of the body 1. v

Upon movement of the conveyer the baskets will be successively introduced into the compartments 4, 5 and 6. In the compartment 4 wherein will be contained hot water maintained at a high temperature by means of the burner 23 arranged thereunder (he washing of the articles contained in the baskets will be e'ected, the agitation of the wat-er in said compartment by the agitator 25 conducing to a most thorough washing.. In the compartn'lent 5 the articles contained in the baskets will be boiled in clean water which will be maintained at a boiling temperature by means of the burner 23 arranged thereunder. ln the compartment (i, the articles, as above set forth are cooled and the water thereon evaporated before ascending the passage 1G and returned to the counter of body 1, this cooling of the glasses or tumblers being especially desirable where the same are used in dispensing beer or other liquor. 'The Water in the compartments 4 and 5 may be drained therefrom when de sired through the drain pipes 21 and fresh water supplied through the supply pipe 19.

Driving of the conveyer is effected through the medium of a counter shaft'31 which is mounted in suitable bearings 31', said shaft being connected with one of the shafts 9 by means of asprocket chain 32 which travels over sprocket wheels The counter shaft 31 may be driven by any suitable motive power through a belt 34 which is adapted to engage loose and fixed pulleys 35 and 36 respectively arranged upon the shaft 31. Also, provided upon the shaft 31 is a crank disk 37, the crank pin of which is connected by means of'a link 38 with the stem 39 of the agitator 35. With this arrangement it will be seen that upon rotation of the shaft 31 the conveyer will be driven and in addition thereto the agitator reciprocated. rfhe counter shaft is preferably intermittently driven, Jso that the carrier baskets 13 will each remain in each ofthe compartments 4, 5 and 6 a certain length of time, the conveyer being moved a distance sufcient to carry the baskets from one commay be operated by hand if desired.

The front and rear walls of the compara ment 5 are preferably constructed similar to the partitions 3, as shown at 41 in Fig. 3, so that the heat from said/compartmentwill be confined therein and not permitted .to escape and heat the room'in which the machine isl arranged. 'I

. A machine ofthe construction.v setforth is durable and 'economicalin construction and positive and eiicientinoperation.

, While have illustrated and descrihedthe preferred 'form lofyconstructien .for carrying each ofsaid compartments, a hinged closure for each of said openings, means for normally holding said closures in closed position, an upwardly and forwardly inclined guide extending to the lower edge of each opening and a downwardly and forwardly inclined guide on the opposite side of said partition from the first said guide and ex- Having described my invention what I tending from 'the upper edge of said openclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters ings, substantially as described. Patent is: In testimony whereof I have signed my In a device of the class described, a body, partitions dividing said body into a plurality of compartments, there being openings in the upper portions of said partitions forming means of communication between said compartments, a conveyer extending through said openings and downwardly into my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without depart-l ing from the .spirit of the invention. I, therefore,'do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and i modifications as come within the scope of j the appended claim.

two subscribing witnesses. WINFRED M. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses WM. MEYER, A. L. Fnrrscn.

name to this specification in the presence of 30 

